Our employees move between countries because that’s who they are, and who we are. We enable people to move because we like to hire the right people regardless of where they happen to live at the time of applying. And the Spotifiers who already work for us get the opportunity to move when it’s better […]
We are very proud of our Employee Stock Option Program. We offer options to all permanent employees, every single one. Because the reason for our success is the efforts from all our employees, so they should all be able to be co-owners and take part in any future success too. But running this program has not […]
I can’t estimate how much comp data I reviewed the past 10 years: benchmark, benchmark, benchmark, and individual comp in mass. A lot of names as well, but I’m terrible at names – I put sticky notes on the colleagues next to me so I can act like a decent person. But behind all people […]
In my last post, I compared compensation and benefits to a fire breathing dragon. The tail is all the essential but basic stuff that we all need to reach our goals: benchmark and percentiles, promotion guidelines, mobility, pension and benefits. But we all have the same goals (attracting and retaining top talent, rewarding business results […]
My appearance at Mercer’s Conference earlier this fall made me think a lot. It made me think about Spotify’s differentiation when it comes to Comp & Ben. It made me think about dragons! Here’s why… Anyone who has successfully trained a fire-breathing dragon can tell you: the firey breath will burn, but in the end it’s […]
Hey! I’m Arvid, Head of Global Compensation and Benefits at Spotify. I’ll post here every couple of weeks or so. Right now I’m thinking about the talk I’ve been invited to do at Mercer’s conference in Rome next week. I’ve been at quite a few conferences over the years, and to be honest I think many […]
